CursorFX is a utility which allows you to have much more flexibility in the cursors
you use to interact with Windows. CursorFX users can create and use cursors that
look and feel far superior to anything you've ever seen before! Best of all, it's
really easy to create your own super-charged cursors!

DesktopX is a program that lets users build their own desktops. It does this by
giving users access to desktop objects. These objects can come in all sizes and
shapes. They can have scripts attached to them, they can be combined together to
form mini applications or turned into an entire desktop.

Publisher:

Stardock Corporation

Developer:

Stardock Corporation

Stardock DeskScapes is a program that allows users to have animated wallpaper on
their Windows 8, Windows 7, XP or Vista desktop. It supports playing video as animated wallpaper,
dynamically generated content as animated wallpaper, and more.

IconPackager is a program that allows users to change nearly all of their Windows
icons at once by applying "packages" of icons. A package of icons contains
icons to replace most of the common icons on your Windows PC.

Icons

Icons for applications and folders.

LogonStudio is a free program that allows users to change their Windows 7, Vista
and XP logon screens. It comes with several logon screens to choose from, along
with thousands that are available online.

ObjectDock™ is a program that enables users to organize their shortcuts, programs
and running tasks into an attractive and fun animated Dock. By allowing users to
have more control over how they organize their desktop, users can take control of
their desktop icons and shortcuts to have them be available when where and how they
need them.

ObjectDock™ is a program that enables users to organize their shortcuts, programs
and running tasks into an attractive and fun animated Dock. By allowing users to
have more control over how they organize their desktop, users can take control of
their desktop icons and shortcuts to have them be available when where and how they
need them.

Show off your favorite desktop configuration by uploading a screenshot of your desktop!

SoundPackager brings customization of your auditory experience to Object Desktop!
Users can now choose from "sound packages" to enhance their Windows desktop
experience. Over 30 different system sounds are supported; unique new Stardock Design
sound packages are included with the package.

Microsoft Windows® 8 is shipped without the "Start" menu. Stardock heard the cries from Windows 8
users. We put the "Start" menu back in Windows 8. We accurately recreated the most used desktop
feature billions of users depend on every day and packed it with additional functionality.

Microsoft Windows® 8 is shipped without the "Start" menu. Stardock heard the cries from Windows 8
users. We put the "Start" menu back in Windows 8. We accurately recreated the most used desktop
feature billions of users depend on every day and packed it with additional functionality.

Theme Manager is a program that changes the look and feel of the entire Windows
environment. It works by talking to existing desktop enhancement programs and then
applying a MyColors or Suite file. In short, Theme Manager is a front-end to other
desktop enhancement programs to simplify the user experience.

WindowBlinds changes the look and feel of your Windows desktop by applying visual
styles to your entire Windows environment. When a visual style is applied, they
change nearly every elements of the Windows GUI such as title bars, push buttons,
the Start bar, menu and more.

View Gallery List

View a list of all of the different galleries available in WinCustomize, which you
can then browse individually.

Explore All

Explore all available galleries on WinCustomize.

Customize This Menu

This option is only available for subscribers of WinCustomize. If you are a subscriber
it will allow you to select which categories you would like to see in this menu
from a list of all galleries available on the site. This information will be stored
on your account for all your future visits.

WinCustomize Upload Guidelines

Overview

We understand that you have put quite a bit of time and effort into creating your
artwork/skins/themes and wish to show it off to the world. It has been our
mission to only show the best of the best so we do not accept every submission.
However, we do want to show off your talents so our moderators have written this
guide to help you understand what qualities it takes for your submission to get
accepted into the WinCustomize Library. Please review these guidelines and
if you follow them you should not have any problems in getting your work accepted.
If you have any questions please feel free to email us and we will be glad to try
and answer your question. Thanks and have fun!

Functionality

First of all, your submission must be complete and functional. Please test it before
you submit it. We regularly receive empty or incomplete zip files. Preview images
must be at least 1024x768 in dimensions. Please do not scale down the Preview screenshot,
and don't worry about the thumbnail. Our server will automatically generate
the smaller image for quick preview. There is little more aggravating than pressing
the "zoom" link and to only have the same tiny preview.

Ripping/Art Theft

Also to be referred to as copyright theft. No uploads containing in part or in totality
another artist's work will be accepted without a written authorization from
the original author. Permissions for use must be included in a .zip file with
your upload. Repeated offenses can result in removal of uploading privelages.

Copyrights/Trademarks

Images taken from other sources cannot be accepted without permission, including
but not limited to pictures taken from movies, television shows, games, web sites,
magazines, celebrity pictures. However, although they are theoretically also copyrighted,
we will be lenient concerning corporate logos and OS ports, unless we are approached
by the companies and asked to remove them. An exception: sports logos. Sport organization
make money selling the right to use their logos and explicitly forbid the distribution
of art containing their logo unless a license is purchased.

Advertisements

Our skins, themes and wallpaper sections are no place for advertisement. There is
no problem if your name and web site URL is subtly inserted in your artwork (for
example in small at the bottom right of your wallpaper), but if your logo or web
site address is occupying the main part of the artwork, it will be rejected.

Nudity, Violence and Pornography

This is a slightly difficult topic, but as a general rules artwork containing male
or female frontal nudity will be not accepted. We can occasionally bend this rule
if the artwork is truly exceptional and if the nudity it contains is only an element
of the artwork, not the subject in itself. No artwork making the promotion of violence
or explicitly representing images of death, blood or physical harm will be accepted.
Will also be rejected any artwork promoting discrimination, prejudice or any form
of disrespect to any ethnic, religious or gender group.

Wallpaper Moderation

WinCustomize has a moderated wallpaper gallery. That means all submissions,
with the exception of Journeyman and above, are placed in moderation and selected
submissions will be made available in the public gallery. If a wallpaper is
not accepted into the public gallery, it will be placed on your personal site on
WinCustomize. Rejections will only occur if the piece violates any of the
said rules such as ripping, copyrights, etc.

Our guidelines for judging wallpapers on aesthetic grounds are difficult to be specific
about. The prime directive for wallpapers is that they must WORK as a wallpaper,
in other words the design should be an effective desktop background, which includes:
The background is not too busy and icons are easy to see against it, Colors are
not too bright to be distracting, and colors work well together. There are many
subjective design related preferences we all have and some objective qualifications
as well, such as the quality of the rendering and the resolution size offered. And
then there is the composition, the subject matter, the overall balance of the design,
etc.

Probably the best way to decide what we like to see in a wallpaper would be to browse
through the section and look at what has been accepted. We recommend to everyone
submitting wallpapers to try to only send a piece after living with it on their
own desktop for a while first. Put as much work and critical evaluation into the
piece as you can before sending it to us.

Rejections:

Items rejected are called exiled. Exiling means the item is being removed
from the site for infractions of the sites guidelines

If an item is rejected please refrain from posting questions about as to why in
the forums, as generally these types of posts and answers can be embarrassing for
all involved. You may PM a Mod and request a reason or help if you did not already
receive an email detailing the cause of the rejection.

Gallery Specific Guidelines

**The Guidelines that follow are in addition to the above guidelines set for all
submissions.**

Wallpapers:

Wallpaper previews must be at least 1024x768.

Wallpapers of the same design with slight variations must be bundled into a .zip
file.

DesktopX Gadgets, Widgets, Objects, Themes:

Items must be in working order. Incomplete skins or damaged uploads will be rejected
until repairs are made. Skins that work on only one Version of OS will typically
not merit as high of a rating as if it had worked on multiple operating systems.

BootSkins

No personal photos.

No game screens/movie & tv stills etc.

Uploads of bootskins are restricted to 5 per day, all overages will be rejected.

Logons

No personal photos.

No game screens/movie & tv stills etc.

Uploads of Logons are restricted to 5 per day, all overages will be rejected.

Vista and Windows 7 logons are currently moderated Like wallpapers.

Dreams

Being video files have a slightly modified set of fair use rules. Fair Use
allows for the limited reuse of copyrighted material so long as it is not done for
financial gain of the person reusing the work, nor does it financially harm the
original author by denying them sales etc.

In the case of Dream animated wallpapers, users can make limited use of video files
created by other authors provided they meet the following requirements:

The animations used in the .Dream file is either 15 seconds in length of shorter
OR less than 25% of the original video file in length (whichever is shorter).
So if you found a 20 second video you want to use in a Dream, you can use no more
than 5 seconds of that video. Anything else, you are limited to 15 seconds.

You must provide credit to the original author in the skin comments AND provide
a link to your original source. Understand that if the original owner of the
work asks us to take it down, provided proof of ownership, we will comply immediately.

Sound Schemes

Fair use sound files must be 15 seconds in length of shorter OR less than 25% of
the original file in length (whichever is shorter). You provide credit to the original
author in the skin comments AND provide a link to your original source. Understand
that if the original owner of the work asks us to take it down, provided proof of
ownership, we will comply immediately.

Original sound files also must be 15 seconds or less in length.

ScreenShots

ScreenShots must have the main portion of the wallpaper obscured. The wallpaper
needs to be covered enough to make extracting it from the SS extremely difficult.
* placing Icons in the black areas of a wall, do not keep one from painting over
them and using the wall unfettered.*